Friday, July 10, 2015

The Authors Guild recently announced the launch of its Fair
Contract Initiative. Essentially this means they believe that publishers are
getting fat on the backs of struggling writers, and that said publishers should share the
wealth more fairly.

But what, exactly, is fair?

This week, the issue has to do with e-book royalties. The
standard publishing contract offers a 25% royalty for e-books, but the Guild
believes it should be much higher. After all, it costs nothing to produce an e-book, and nothing for shipping. Why can’t
they pay more?

But here's the thing: the process for producing an e-book is exactly the same as any other. They're not free to produce, and they never were.

About Me

AAR-member agent.
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I was born in 1962 in an old Spanish colony on the coast of California. They called it "The Village of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels," in honor of Mary the mother of Jesus. Never heard of it? Oh, silly me. Like most people, you probably know it by its abbreviated name in Spanish: Los Angeles.
I grew up somewhere between the gleaming glass towers of Bunker Hill and the bright lights of Hollywood. I was a storyteller almost from birth; poems, articles, business letters, whatever. But like almost all writers, I kept a day job; in-between gigs I found gainful employment as a clerk typist, vitamin buyer, waiter, fundraiser, prep cook, gardener, lifeguard, bookkeeper, grocery checker, printer's apprentice, and meat cutter.
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In time I had a couple of books published. One thing led to another, I edited books for others and managed a writers’ conference, making many valuable contacts along the way. As an agent I made my first sale in only five months; so I think I will stick with this for a while.Swimming, gardening, and cooking keep my hands busy in-between.